A support group for clergy molestation victims is urging Francis
Cardinal George and other American Catholic Church leaders to prevent
further backsliding of the US Bishops already vague and weak
sexual abuse guidelines.

George and several other top US bishops are meeting in Rome today
and tomorrow for discussions with Vatican officials about the guidelines.
The policy is already very flawed and is sporadically enforced,
said Barbara Blaine, President of SNAP, Survivors Network of those
Abused by Priests. Our suspicion is that Vatican Bureaucrats
want to water it down even further. We hope Cardinal George and
his colleagues will fight hard to put kids first.

SNAP is a nation-wide, Chicago based, support network for clergy
abuse survivors with over 5,100 members. SNAP holds self-help support
meetings in 54 cities, including Chicago.